Dhaka, June 10 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has explained the government's decision to assign ruling party women MPs elected to reserved seats to oversee development activities in constituencies represented by opposition lawmakers.

He said the government was acting in line with existing rules.

Tarique spoke during the Prime Minister's Questions in parliament in response to a supplementary question from Jamaat-e-Islami MP for Dhaka-14 Mir Ahmad BinQuasem, popularly known as Barrister Arman.

Presiding over the sitting, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad heard Quasem raised concerns over media reports that ruling party women MPs had been tasked with monitoring development projects in opposition-held constituencies and could issue demi-official...